yeah, too bad freshmen in college can't apply for one
for the 2nd year.
--- Kendall David Corbett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> You've probably seen this before, but just in
> case....
>
> Kendall
>
> An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's
> redundant!)
>
> The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the
> unreasonable one
> persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
> Therefore, all
> progress depends on the unreasonable man.
>
> -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Listmaster [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 8:32 AM
> To: Housing & Disability Issues
> Subject: College scholarships for individuals
> w/parents with
> disabilities
>
> From: [log in to unmask]
> :
> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 09:03:10 EST
> Subject: [News from ADA-Ohio] College scholarships
> for individuals
> w/parents with disabilities
>
> College Scholarships for Individuals with Parents
> with Disabilities
>
> In recognition of the more than nine million parents
> with disabilities
> in the U.S. and their families, Through the Looking
> Glass (TLG),
> a non-profit organization, is pleased to announce
> the 2006 College
> Scholarship Fund specifically for graduating high
> school seniors who
> have parents with disabilities.
>
> Scholarships funds are available to graduating high
> school students who:
>
> 1. demonstrate academic and personal achievement;
> 2. have grown up with at least one parent with a
> disability; and
> 3. will be a high school graduate or graduating
> senior by Summer 2006
>
> Up to ten separate $1,000 awards will be given out
> in Summer 2006. These
> awards are one of several projects of Through the
> Looking Glass'
> National Resource Center for Parents with
> Disabilities. This National
> Center is funded by the National Institute on
> Disability Research and
> Rehabilitation (NIDRR), U.S. Department of
> Education.
>
> More information and application forms are available
> on Through the
> Looking Glass website: www.lookingglass.org Forms
> may also be
> requested by calling 1-800-644-2666.
>
> Founded in 1982, Through the Looking Glass (TLG) is
> a nationally
> recognized center that has pioneered research,
> training, and services
> for families in which a child, parent or grandparent
> has a disability.
> Since 1998, TLG has been funded by NIDRR as the
> National Resource Center
> for Parents with Disabilities. The overall goal of
> this national center
> is: To increase knowledge regarding parenting with a
> disability and
> support more accessible and disability-appropriate
> resources for diverse
> parents with disabilities and their children. The
> Center's services and
> activities include: national toll-free information
> and referral;
> technical assistance and consultations; professional
> trainings,
> workshops and presentations; national library and
> resources
> clearinghouse; publications and training modules; a
> national
> parent-to-parent network of parents with
> disabilities; international
> newsletter; website and bulletin boards; and
> regional and statewide
> systems development.
>
> Darlene Bubis, MFT
> Family Clinician; Website & Outreach Specialist
> Through the Looking Glass
> 2198 Sixth Street, Suite 100
> Berkeley, CA 94710
> (510) 848-1112 ext. 172
> (800) 644-2666 ext. 172
> Website:
>
<http://www.lookingglass.org>http://www.lookingglass.<http://www.looking
> glass.org>org
>
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